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kathleen sebelius promised last spring, and i want to quote her directly. that somebody who makes $25,500 would definitely qualify for a six did i. brianna is at the white house. what have you learned? >> not so fast for people in nashville, tennessee. if you are 25 and unl with that very income you just mentioned, you will not get a six did i. this flies in the face of obama care that if you're 400% of the poverty level or less. less than about 45,900 per year, you get government help paying for your premium. that is also something that hhs secretary kathleen sebelius has promised. the bad news first year. for young people, that is not actually troofl we found that to be the case in the largest city in almost every state. now, the good news is it is because health insurance is actually costing less than expected. the math on a subsidy relies in part on the cost of a premium. so because young people have lower premiums, and now they're even lower than expected, they're not seeing the subsidies they would have expected. minneapolis where health care costs ar
kathleen sebelius promised last spring, and i want to quote her directly. that somebody who makes $25,500 would definitely qualify for a six did i. brianna is at the white house. what have you learned? >> not so fast for people in nashville, tennessee. if you are 25 and unl with that very income you just mentioned, you will not get a six did i. this flies in the face of obama care that if you're 400% of the poverty level or less. less than about 45,900 per year, you get government help...
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first secretary kathleen sebelius released enrollment figures. 106,000 picked a plan. the rest not facing a deadline until january 1st, are still choosing their plan. republicans still can't help themselves. from overreaches and over-politicizing. >> the witnesses are being badgered. >> this is not a partisan hearing. i will not having it accused of being so. >> this is not a partisan hearings. today's hearing once approve that -- when you're the opposition party and the president of the united states gives you -- and the president of
first secretary kathleen sebelius released enrollment figures. 106,000 picked a plan. the rest not facing a deadline until january 1st, are still choosing their plan. republicans still can't help themselves. from overreaches and over-politicizing. >> the witnesses are being badgered. >> this is not a partisan hearing. i will not having it accused of being so. >> this is not a partisan hearings. today's hearing once approve that -- when you're the opposition party and the...
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here is what his point person, kathleen sebelius said today. >> well, there isn't, i would say, at this point a specific plan. we're looking at a number of options where there may be an opportunity for that number of people to look at plans that they have right now, but there isn't any specific proposal at table immediately. >> well tonight, two republican senators are using new numbers to suggest that obama care is not working. senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us now. the news doesn't seem to be getting better for obama care. the initial enrollment numbers are expected to be low but the numbers there in washington d.c. are pretty stunning. >> they are depressingly low, anderson. we have letters prom people that participate in the obama care exchange in the district of columbia and released by senators. i have one in front of me right now. it says that they have up until october 24th of this year only two enroll lees with blue cross blue shield. that the a very dismal performance. i will tell you house republican haves been eager to get their hands on these enrollment n
here is what his point person, kathleen sebelius said today. >> well, there isn't, i would say, at this point a specific plan. we're looking at a number of options where there may be an opportunity for that number of people to look at plans that they have right now, but there isn't any specific proposal at table immediately. >> well tonight, two republican senators are using new numbers to suggest that obama care is not working. senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us...
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. >>> number five, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will be back on capitol hill wednesday for more obama care care testimony. last time she was in front of a house committee, this time in front of the senate finance committee. >>> in memphis friday, a tennessee state senator gave sebelius a copy of the book, you see it in her hand, websites for dummies. while the health care website is off to a shaky state, the online application is not available overnight. >>> meanwhile, a federal court takes a significant bite out of obama care. a three-judge panel struck down a key provision on mandatory contraception coverage logged in washington and barbara starr. barbara, what happened? walk us through this. good morning, by the way. >> yeah, good morning to you guys, too, down in atlanta. a provision of the affordable care act requires some businesses with 50 or more employees to provide insurance for birth control or pay a substantial fine. this federal appeals court decision has struck that down. what the court did is ruled the company that brought the suite could not be
. >>> number five, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius will be back on capitol hill wednesday for more obama care care testimony. last time she was in front of a house committee, this time in front of the senate finance committee. >>> in memphis friday, a tennessee state senator gave sebelius a copy of the book, you see it in her hand, websites for dummies. while the health care website is off to a shaky state, the online application is not available...
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we will have kathleen sebelius the head of hhs on the phone as we speak talking to reporters trying to it out it. democrats are nervous in congress right now. let's not forget, heading to the midterm elections specifically in the senate, there are several senators that are in danger of losing their seats if democrats lose five or six seats, they lose control. >> i've talked to administration officials who believe once they get the website fixed that not all of their problems will be solved but things are going to get much bet per. when people start to see the law is working and the website is working, be yes there were folks who lost coverage and that was not good for the president but feel some of this could disablize. >> i think that's true. the one problem right now you have to take into account for the democrats is that the narrative is being drawn right now. even if it does stabilize, there's still going to be an after effect and still the obama administration trying to get democrats to be support of it, even though democrats are there, a real problem is the independent voters rig
we will have kathleen sebelius the head of hhs on the phone as we speak talking to reporters trying to it out it. democrats are nervous in congress right now. let's not forget, heading to the midterm elections specifically in the senate, there are several senators that are in danger of losing their seats if democrats lose five or six seats, they lose control. >> i've talked to administration officials who believe once they get the website fixed that not all of their problems will be...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius revealed figures on a conference call with reporters moments ago a call that came two hours after president obama's top i.t. guy finished testifying on capitol hill about what went so wrong. >> the white house had originally claimed that its chief technology officer was too busy to testify about the it continued failings of healthcare.gov so the chairman of the house oversight committee thoughtfully had helped him clear his schedule with a subpoena. >> this was a monumental mistake to go live and effectively explode on the launch pad. >> reporter: todd park, appearing today with other government technology experts at the hearing which more than once devolved into partisan sniping. >> i wasn't insulting your -- >> i take it as an insult. >> park, while taking his lobs for the website's poor performance revealed the number of users it can currently take on at once. >> the system has been comfortably handling at present about 20 to 25,000 current users. >> reporter: great, except that's only about half its intended capacity. a month and a
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius revealed figures on a conference call with reporters moments ago a call that came two hours after president obama's top i.t. guy finished testifying on capitol hill about what went so wrong. >> the white house had originally claimed that its chief technology officer was too busy to testify about the it continued failings of healthcare.gov so the chairman of the house oversight committee thoughtfully had helped him clear his schedule...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is releasing these numbers right now in a conference call with reporters and telling reporters that nearly 400,000 people have been determined to be eligible for medicaid or the children's health insurance program. medicaid was expanded as part of obama care. these numbers have been a closely guarded secret by the administration. they have struggled in the last few weeks to explain the severe technical difficulties that users have found on healthcare.gov and we see with only 26,794 individuals being enrolled, those numbers affected by the disastrous rollout of this website. we're bringing you complete coverage as the administration finally releases these numbers. here with me, our chief political analyst, gloria borger, dana bash, and jim acosta is outside the white house. gloria, let's start with you. what do you make of these numbers? about 27 million visitors to the health care exchanges. and over 100,000 enrolled in both the federal and state exchanges. but still, only 26,794 able to enroll through healthcare.gov. >> it's been a com
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is releasing these numbers right now in a conference call with reporters and telling reporters that nearly 400,000 people have been determined to be eligible for medicaid or the children's health insurance program. medicaid was expanded as part of obama care. these numbers have been a closely guarded secret by the administration. they have struggled in the last few weeks to explain the severe technical difficulties that users have found on...
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sebelius is urging customers to shop healthcare.gov at off-peak hours, that would be mornings, evenings and weekends, and the idea of course is not to overwhelm that site. withering criticism of the initial rollout of healthcare.gov has intensified the pressure on the administration to get this fix right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that, at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to get fixed. >> reporter: healthcare.gov opened for business october 1st and it's been a disastrous two months. the site crashed, unable to cope with people trying to sign up. small businesses still won't be able to use the site for another year. insurance industry insiders tell cnn some customers' personal data is getting mangled or even lost. the white house says the site will be able to handle 50,000 users at one time, but they admit there will be times after saturday when healthcare.gov does not function properly, and they're bracing for another possible huge surge in volume that could force some people into virtual waiting lines for call-backs. officials say co
sebelius is urging customers to shop healthcare.gov at off-peak hours, that would be mornings, evenings and weekends, and the idea of course is not to overwhelm that site. withering criticism of the initial rollout of healthcare.gov has intensified the pressure on the administration to get this fix right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that, at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to get fixed. >> reporter: healthcare.gov opened for...
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but hhs secretary kathleen sebelius is urging people to shop healthcare.gov during off-peak hours. mornings, nights, weekends, the concern, not overwhelming the site. >> reporter: withering criticism of the rollout of healthcare.gov is intensifying the administration to get this fix right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that, at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to get fixeded. >> reporter: healthcare.gov open for business october 1st and it's been a disastrous two months. the site crashed unable to cope with people frying to sign up. small businesses still won't be able to use the site for another year. insurance industry insiders tell cnn some customers' personal data is getting mangled or even lost. the white house says the site will be able to handle 50,000 users at one time. but they admit, there will be times after saturday, when healthcare.gov does not function properly. and they're bracing for another possible huge surge in volume that could force some people into virtual waiting lines for callbacks. officials say consumers who
but hhs secretary kathleen sebelius is urging people to shop healthcare.gov during off-peak hours. mornings, nights, weekends, the concern, not overwhelming the site. >> reporter: withering criticism of the rollout of healthcare.gov is intensifying the administration to get this fix right for saturday. the white house hopes it can do that, at least for the vast majority of users. >> and this website is going to get fixeded. >> reporter: healthcare.gov open for business october...